H.S. Roundup: Westport boys soccer advances to quarterfinals

Sunday

Nov 3, 2013 at 12:01 AMNov 14, 2013 at 5:13 PM

WESTPORT 3, POPE JOHN PAUL II 1

WESTPORT 3, POPE JOHN PAUL II 1

Elijah Dasilva scored twice to give the eighth-seeded Wildcats the edge they needed to advance to the Div. 4 South quarterfinals. ... Westport (11-5-3) will play top-seeded West Bridgewater at 2:30 p.m. on Monday. ... Dasilva scored in the 47th minute and the 69th minute to put Westport up 3-0 before Pope John Paul scored in the 71st minute. ... Alex Machairas scored in the 14th minute, and Tommy Yeargin and Neil Hansen added assists. Goalie Ryan Martel made nine saves. ... "This was the best game I've seen my guys play all season long," coach Mark Nardelli said. "We kept possession well, we moved the ball around well, we made good combinations and played good soccer for 80 minutes."

SCITUATE 2,

OLD ROCHESTER 0

Old Rochester head coach Mike Devoll praised the play of goalie Melvin Vincent. "He was outstanding in goal," Devoll said following the Bulldogs' loss in the first round of the Div. 3 South tournament. It was Old Rochester's first trip to the playoffs since 2011. The Bulldogs, who wrapped up the season at 10-5-4, graduate eight seniors.

SEEKONK 3, OLD COLONY 0

Kayley Millard led the 15th-seeded Warriors to a 25-12, 25-19, 25-15 victory over the No. 18 Cougars with 10 kills and 12 digs in the preliminary round of the Div. 3 South tournament. Old Colony, which won four of its final five regular-season matches to make the playoffs, finish with an overall record of 10-11.

SOUTHERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP

Apponequet used its depth to finish fifth with 141.5. Bishop Feehan won the meet. ... The Lakers placed third in both the 200 medley relay (2:02:63) and 400 freestyle relay (3:58.56). Sarah White, Kaye Dandrea, Makayla Logan and Brie Harrison swam on the 200 medley while Jenna Leanues, Harrison, Kaitlyn Barrack and Logan set the pace in the 400 freestyle relay. The 200 freestyle relay team of Leanues, Dandrea, Katie Motta and Barrack placed sixth (1:51.32). Barrack earned sixth-place finishes in the 200 freestyle (2:09.19) and 100 freestyle (59.77). Logan came in third in the 100 butterfly (1:02.77) in front of White (10th; 1:07.84) and was fourth in the 200 individual medley (2:24.72). White had a 10th-place finish in the 100 backstroke (1:09.03). Harrison swam to fourth in the 100 backstroke (1:05.82) and eighth in the 50 freestyle (27.28) while Leanues was ninth in the 100 freestyle (1:00.42) and 11th in the 50 freestyle (27.43). Dandrea came in ninth (5:53.72) in the 500 freestyle in front of Mackenzie Coogan (12th; 5:58.73). Bethany McMeekin took 11th in the 100 breaststroke (1:22.69). ... New Bedford finished 10th with 26 points and had three relays and one diver place. Alexis Hebert (149.0) was 11th in one-meter diving. hebert will be the only Whaler competing at the sectional meet on Saturday. The 200 medley relay (Paige Aviza, Halle Berger, Korina Miguel, Maria Tavares) was ninth in 2:19.19, the 200 freestyle relay (Paige Aviza, Maya Sylvia, Sarah Coache, Korina Miguel) was ninth in 1:58.89 and the 400 free relay (Taylor Markey, Halle Berger, Maya Sylvia, Sarah Coache) was ninth in 4:39.52. "The season went well and our girls consistently dropped time so I can't complain about that," NBH coach Koby Verran said following a winless season. "They worked really hard this year and pushed themselves."

MSTCA COACHES INVITATIONAL

New Bedford held many of its runners out to rest for next week, but the few that did run recorded personal bests. ... Senior Ellie Bucknell finished in 21:39 on the 5k course, sophomore May Zhen ran a 23:39 and sophomore Ruby Ferro recorded a 23:41. ... On the boys side, Whalers sophomore Austin Picard finished in 17:51. ... For Dartmouth, Logan Tagenauee (16:39) was 15th in the 11-12th grade race, Bryce Boswell (17:39) was 26th in the sophomore race and Maddie Pfirrman (12:13) was 15th in the 3K girls freshman race. ... Bishop Stang had 10 runners medal, including two girls in the top 15 of the 11-12th grade race. Theresa Gallagher finished seventh (19:59.20) in the 11-12th girls race, followed by Elizabeth Sullivan (15th, 20:49.77) and Ola Gdanska (44th, 22:05.38). In the 3K freshman girls race, Victoria Poland (20th, 12:45), Olivia Wrobelski (31st, 13:01), Cailin Sherman (37th, 13:12) and Mary Lyn Sullivan (44th, 13:17) all medaled. Ryan Cardozo (37th, 18:58) and Jesse d'Almeida (43rd, 19:03) ran in the 10th grade boys race and Noah O'Toole (35th, 11:32) raced in the freshman race. ... Next up for the Spartans is the MIAA Eastern Divisional Championships at Wrentham Development Center on Saturday, where the girls squad will look to be the first in school history to qualify for All-States.